If you’re weighing options, and there are plenty of them as the holiday arts season settles in, we’re here with some cool ideas of stuff to do in the Bay Area Nov. 30-Dec. 3 and beyond.

Speaking of holiday stuff, have you ever experienced the madcap theater/comedy/shopping/out-in-out wonderful cockney weirdness that is the Great Dickens Christmas Fair? The spectacle is back in action at the Cow Palace through Dec. 17. Linda Zavoral has the details here.

Year-in, year-out, the awesome San Francisco Opera Chorus adds so many crucial and delicious elements to opera company productions. So they deserve their time in the spotlight, doncha think? Well, someone thinks so, because now they have one. They’ll perform a wide-ranging program Nov. 30 — read more about it here.

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Foo Fighters fans, you know how great a show Dave Grohl and company can deliver. But if you want to catch them around these parts before next September, you’ll have to motor to Sacramento’s Golden 1 Center to do so. They will likely be worth it. Also on tap in the Bay Area are Los Lobos (always great live), Blitzen Trapper and many more worthy acts. Jim Harrington’s suggestions are here. And let’s not forget one of Jim’s favorite alt-rock bands ever, the Dandy Warhols, who have shows locally Dec. 3 and 4. Details are here.

All-world entertainer Betty Buckley — star of Broadway, film, cabaret joints and TV — touches on many facets of her career on the recent double album “Story Songs.” She’ll showcase the release with a pair of concerts at Stanford University. Details are here.

In the dance world, famed former New York City Ballet star Wendy Whelan is back in the Bay Area with an exciting new “Restless Creatures” program featuring Brian Brooks and the Brooklyn Rider musical group. Details are here.